Baseball Quote by Tony La Russa Download Open image “It's a sensitive thing, playing major league baseball.” — Tony La Russa ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Baseball League Major Major league Major league baseball Playing Sensitive Thing
Baseball is not necessarily an obsessive-compulsive disorder, like washing your hands 100 times a day, but it's beginning to seem that way. We're reaching… — Thomas Boswell Copy Share Image
When you talk about 50 or so grown men in the middle of a baseball field about to break down and cry, it's a… — Chipper Jones Copy Share Image
You can't get real happy or real depressed when you play baseball. Baseball is a great sport in that it offers a player a… — Mike Piazza Copy Share Image
Baseball is a game of failure. There are plenty of opportunities to be down, or to feel sorry for yourself, or to be upset… — Mark Teixeira Copy Share Image
Baseball is not an emotional game, we have to get your brain working. Baseball, you have to have your wits about you when you… — Joe Maddon Copy Share Image
More than any other games, baseball gives its players space - both physical and emotional - in which to define themselves. — John Eskow Copy Share Image
I've said this: If Jim Leyland had been in my place, he'd have the 2,000 wins and I'd have 1,000. Leyland is the greatest. — Tony La Russa Copy Share Image
There's a bigger difference now than when I first got into professional baseball because that was before guaranteed contracts, before there was a lot… — Tony La Russa Copy Share Image
I think each negotiation should be based on what's the best decision - taking everything into account, not taking one thing into account. — Tony La Russa Copy Share Image
I'm careful not to give into theatrics when times are tough, I don't like it when somebody gives into outside pressure and puts on… — Tony La Russa Copy Share Image
Losing sucks. I don't think most people understand how bad it feels. — Tony La Russa Copy Share Image
My mind is just a product of 50 years of being taught. I'm no smarter than anyone else, but I've been taught by some… — Tony La Russa Copy Share Image
I'm a great believer in the character of a club. To me, character has a lot to do with how you compete. That creates… — Tony La Russa Copy Share Image
If the national government doesn't fix your problem, you've got a problem. You've got to fix it yourself. That's just part of the American… — Tony La Russa Copy Share Image
Just because you're down to your last strike, you're not out yet. You can always do more. You'll always have more at-bats to take.… — Tony La Russa Copy Share Image
Being involved in competition is a privilege and an opportunity. Seek to make the most of that opportunity by pushing yourself to the limit… — Tony La Russa Copy Share Image
I'm very distressed that the report was leaked early so that the initial headline said 'dismissed, fired.' That's 180 degrees from the arrangement we… — Tony La Russa Copy Share Image
When you don't have the deepest pockets, you better have the best scouting and development. — Tony La Russa Copy Share Image
Spring training means flowers, people coming outdoors, sunshine, optimism and baseball. Spring training is a time to think about being young again. — Ernie Banks Copy Share Image
Five World Series rings, 3000-plus hits, the fame, the fortune and playing for the second most historic franchise in baseball... These are just some… — Mookie Betts Copy Share Image
I sang the National Anthem at Dodger Stadium - at a baseball game - which was crazy; there was, like, 60,000 people there, which… — Adam DeVine Copy Share Image
I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy… — Harry Caray Copy Share Image
Though 'Moneyball' had the talents of screenwriters Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin going for it, they weren't baseball insiders. — Brad Pitt Copy Share Image
“It took only three years for Jonathan Papelbon to surpass Bill Campbell, Lee Smith, Tom Gordon, Sparky Lyle, Derek Lowe, Jeff Reardon, Ellis Kinder,… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
The Baseball Hall of Fame is something every player dreams about, but being a member of God's Hall of Fame is the greatest achievement… — Gary Carter Copy Share Image
You can't go up there trying to get hits. You can just go up there trying to put together at-bats and square the baseball… — Alex Bregman Copy Share Image
Baseball needs to put the steroids era behind it by having and enforcing tough rules against all kinds of artificial advantages, so that spring… — Marvin Olasky Copy Share Image
Consider developing your whole self with the same raw focus and intensity that you develop a particular skill set. Get focused. Go out, have… — Anthony Holden Copy Share Image
There's a lot of stuff I want to do, just things that I want to explore that don't involve show business. I'm going to… — Charlie Sheen Copy Share Image